Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 23, 2008
Submitted
November 13, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N578FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48458
Aircraft time
47,916 hours, 12,664 cycles
Part
Longeron Splice
Part number
AEA76531
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CENTER CARGO, BETWEEN LEFT STA 5-53 TO 5-73 LONGERON 48 SPLICE FOUND CORRODED. CENTER CARGO BETWEEN LEFT STA 5-53 TO 5-73 LONGERON 48 SPLICE CORROSION REMOVED AND FOUND EXCEED LIMIT AS PER SRM 53-00-01 FIGURE 4 VOLUME I. ORIGINAL THICKNESS = 0.125 INCH, MATERIAL REMOVED = 0.075 INCH, MATERIAL REMAINING = 0.050 INCH. SPLICE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01 VOLUME II. THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MINOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100.

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